Common Birds in Barbados
Our list for Barbados has 33 common birds recorded regularly there: 14 residents, 5 summer visitors, 8 winter visitors and 6 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Barbados in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 33, most common first
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesResidentCommon23–27 cmRecorded all year
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusSummer visitorCommon23–32 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantCommon15–18 cmRegularly Aug–Dec
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaResidentCommon29–40 cmRecorded all year
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantCommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–Dec
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaWinter visitorCommon24–28 cmRegularly Aug–Mar
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorCommon18–23 cmRegularly Jul–May
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantCommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentCommon38–42 cmRecorded all year
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasWinter visitorCommon91–137 cmRegularly Sep–May
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made